Publisher's Synopsis
The principal issues addressed in the survey are: Should Rule 16 be amended to address pretrial disclosure of exculpatory and Giglio information? Do federal prosecutors and defense attorneys understand their pretrial disclosure obligations? Do federal prosecutors' concerns about witness intimidation, security, and privacy affect whether information or evidence is disclosed to the defense? Are federal prosecutors viewed as fulfilling their pretrial discovery obligations? How frequent are reverse-Jencks Act violations committed by defense attorneys? How do courts address pretrial disclosure violations by the government and by defense attorneys? How might the Committee's 2007 proposal affect cooperating witnesses and crime victims? In addition to the Committee's 2007 proposal, are there other reform proposals that should be considered?"
